Andrea Hubert meets The Darjeeling Limited actor Jason Schwartzman | Film | The Guardian Share on Messenger Close Looking like a stylish, impeccably polite hybrid love child of Cher, Anthony Kiedis and Steve Carell, Jason Schwartzman sits back, one leg casually slung over the table, waiting for the interview to begin. I've seen this laid back stance before - on that infamous YouTube clip , where an equally unperturbed Schwartzman sits quietly, one leg on the desk, observing without drama on the set of I Heart Huckabees as director David O Russell goes apeshit on co-star Lily Tomlin. In the "comments" section below, someone remarks "I love the way Jason Schwartzman is just sitting back, chilling". I kinda like that too. Schwartzman, (whose only response is "I'd work with him again in a second, he's brilliant"), is, like cousin Sofia, characteristically low key for a Coppola.

Springing as he does from a family chock full of Oscar winning actors, writers and directors, perhaps it's in his nature to deny any hint of the stereotype that he may have been born with a silver spoon in his mouth just because mom Talia Shire was getting sweaty with Sylvester Stallone (she played Rocky's girlfriend) and uncle Francis was winning Oscars throughout his childhood. Which, according to Schwartzman, was far away from film sets and pretty much nothing whatsoever to do with acting. But acting found him. It was as eccentric outsider Max Fischer in 1999's Rushmore that Schwartzman and best friend Anderson both gained a cult following. Eight years later they are reunited, writing The Darjeeling Ltd together with cousin Roman Coppola, and preparing through what he calls "personal improv". What is that exactly? He smiles at the memory. "It's like there seems to be this comic thread of advice between us.

I'll go to Wes and say 'I said this to her and she said this back, and what I wish I said was this, and what do you think I should have said' and it's sort of like a role play, so we kind of rewrote stuff that happened to work out." It's an endearing tableau, and one he earns cool geek points for being thoroughly unsheepish over. Post Rushmore, his CV provides a cornucopia of quirkiness that could make even eternal oddball Steve Buscemi envious. Schwartzman fans will sing his praises in the otherwise unremarkable Slackers as Ethan, the creepy stalker, speed freak Ross in Spun, or Jeremy in Shopgirl, the plain speaking social retard who makes Claire Danes buy her own movie ticket on their first date. The dysfunctional milieu is one Schwartzman is very comfortable with. The Darjeeling Limited continues the theme with Schwartzman, Owen Wilson and Adrien Brody as estranged brothers in India on a spiritual quest, complete with Wilson's regimented laminated itinerary and determination to "find himself". It's distinctly lighter than Anderson's other famously dysfunctional family the Royal Tenenbaums.

Schwartzman's character Jack, a barefoot lovelorn writer, is perhaps the most restrained of all the crazies he's played, though he does a nice line in pharmaceutical drug abuse. Do you consciously choose weird characters? "Well, I guess it depends on your definition on what's weird and what's normal. What is normal? You tell me. You're the one who thinks they're weird." Well, here's a list for you. Stalker, speed freak, impotent king of France... "I wanted to play a stalker because I thought it'd be cool to play a villain. Someone unrestrained, with real problems. Someone really messed up. But I liked him anyway, I like them all. I don't think they're weird, I think they're great. And the people around them think their life is funny, like it's a big joke, but they don't think it's funny. I'm attracted to characters who don't mean to be funny, but sort of are anyway. They all seem to want something really badly, something they may never get." That could quite easily be a metaphor for a failed Hollywood career... "Well I was never one of those crazily ambitious kids.

You know the ones that dress up like little cowboys and have their headshots up in the barber's shops. I had no idea that acting was something I wanted to do till I was 16, and I saw Harold And Maude and Dog Day Afternoon and I got the same feeling that I got through music." And how did that feel? "Warm. And, you know, awesome." What about the fact that you come from a crazily successful family? Your uncle and two of your cousins, Sofia Coppola and Nicolas Cage, have Oscars. Do you feel under pressure to get one too? "I never thought about it until you just said it. Now it does seem kind of funky. Thanks for that. But no, it's not like that at all. The only pressure I ever feel is from my mom to not be a dick." Is that because you can be? "I don't think I'm a dick. Am I? But everyone can be one at some point. Hollywood wants you to be a dick, the system is set up that way, so you end up feeling disconnected from reality, and that's when you become a dick. The rules bend. But as far as I'm concerned, the rules don't bend.

You always have to be nice to people, and respectful. And not be a dick." So you aren't a celebrity queue jumper? "I'd love to say no, but actually I am. Not because I want to be, but just if I'm late to catch a plane or something. This happened very recently. It was so embarrassing, the entire line was going 'What the fuck?' and I was kind of mouthing 'I'm really sorry!' I wouldn't do it at the movies though. Or in the supermarket. No way." Fame has its perks then? "Actually, nobody ever recognises me. I certainly never get approached by women. The only people who would ever recognise me would probably be the types of people who'd be in a movie theatre at the exact same moment I was walking around." Nylon magazine has you pegged as the coolest man in Hollywood. Are you the coolest man in Hollywood? "Obviously I'm not. That's probably Johnny Depp. I also like Michael Cera, from Superbad. I actually have one scene in the new Judd Apatow film.

People keep asking me what I did to prepare for my role as Ringo Starr and I'm like, 'I said yes to the part and was on set the next day'. What is cool, anyway? I think this interview is cool, I'm enjoying it. Is my career so far cool? If you were me, would you be bummed out by my career? Because I've played so many weird characters?" Weird is the new cool. Your career's doing fine. "Awesome. So what would you like to see me in next? Would you like to see me change direction? Any suggestions?" If you change direction any more often, you'll be interviewing me... "Now that would be cool. How about I write my version of this article, and you write your version, and we print the two versions side by side? I wish I had the time. I really would like to. Do you want cookies? I'll get you cookies. We can write and eat cookies. I like interviews. I'm really into these Dick Cavett DVDs at the moment, he's a talkshow host and he's interviewed some of the greats." I like those interviews where two people from opposite spectrums interview each other.

I saw one recently between a feminist and a porn star. "Really? So do you think you could handle being married to a porn star? Would you be able not to be jealous when your husband was sleeping with all those other women? I'd like to get a female point of view on that." It's time to move away from porn and back to the India experience. At last, Schwartzman shifts from laid back and inquisitive, to mildly disapproving when I suggest that the western search for self is a slightly ridiculous concept. Cynicism, apparently, is neither cool, nor awesome. And certainly not "whatever". "It's easier said than done to go to India and find yourself or whatever, and I'd much rather someone said that than didn't say it, no matter how cheesy you might think it is. I like the positive intention implied, even if it might seem bogus, like Spirituality For Dummies, or India 101. It's probably not how I would approach a spiritual journey.

But it's cool." As we wind it up, I'm waiting for the obligatory plug towards his music career, but it doesn't happen (Schwartzman was formerly in the band Phantom Planet, who provided the theme tune for The OC, and currently makes music as Coconut Records). I start to wonder if I'm the only cynic in the room. When our time runs out, he turns to me and asks, with a grin, "So which Hollywood actor do you like?" I tell him Ray Winstone is my dream man. "Oh you like a big guy? Yeah, I can just imagine you climbing onto that!" he laughs dirtily. "Hey, do you think I look good on the dance floor?" And he whirls off into the corridor, humming the Arctic Monkeys, almost certainly not trying to find himself. · The Darjeeling Ltd is out on Friday Coppoloada this - meet the family Carmine Coppola (grandfather) Won a Best Score Oscar for the Godfather I and II and a Golden Globe for his Apocalypse Now score. Francis Ford Coppola (uncle) Multi award winning director of Apocalypse Now and the Godfather Trilogy.

Boosted the career of Al Pacino and Marlon Brando - twice! Talia Shire (mother) Played long suffering Adrian Balboa in the Rocky films, and Connie Corleone in The Godfather trilogy. Nicolas Cage (cousin) Appeared in Uncle Francis' 1983 film Rumblefish, and won the Best Actor Oscar in 1996 for Leaving Las Vegas. Robert Carmine (brother) Sometime actor and currently the lead singer in Rooney. Sofia Coppola (cousin) Screenwriter and acclaimed director. Directed Schwartzman in Marie Antoinette. Roman Coppola (cousin) Son of Francis and co-writer on The Darjeeling Ltd, Roman is a music video director for the Strokes, Green Day and others. Jason Schwartzman - TV.com Jason Schwartzman 6/26/1980, Los Angeles, California, USA Birth Name EDIT Jason comes from a prolific Hollywood family. His father is film producer, Jack Schwartzman, and his mother is actress, Talia Shire (Rocky, etc). Director, Francis Ford Coppola is Schwartzman's uncle, and actor Nicolas Cage is his cousin.

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(“I remember the very second of meeting him,” Anderson recalled in an interview with MTV. “We had spent a year trying to find someone to play this part. When he read, it was a slam-dunk. We got the guy.”) Eight years on, Schwartzman acted in Anderson’s short Hotel Chevalier as Jack Whitman, and he reprised the role in the 2007 feature The Darjeeling Limited, which he also co-wrote with Anderson. In 2009, Schwartzman voiced Ash Fox in the animated Anderson film Fantastic Mr. Fox. And Schwartzman acted alongside his Rushmore foil and fellow Anderson regular, Bill Murray, on all of those projects except Hotel Chevalier. “Bill and Jason are always great to have around,” adds MOONRISE KINGDOM’s producer Jeremy Dawson. Jason Schwartzman | Part of the Coppola Clan Kirsten Dunst and Jason Schwartzman in Marie Antoinette It could be said that Jason Schwartzman was born into cinema.

Though his last name doesn’t clue us in to his family ties, Schwartzman is a member of the mighty Coppola clan: his father was entertainment lawyer turned film producer Jack Schwartzman and his mother is actress Talia Shire, the sister of Oscar-winning writer-director Francis Ford Coppola. As a result, Schwartzman grew up around film and discovered a passion for the medium that was shared not only by his parents and uncle but also by his cousins –– directors Roman Coppola, Sofia Coppola and Christopher Coppola, and actor Nicolas Cage –– and his half-brother, John Schwartzman, a cinematographer. Still, it was not until his mid-teens that Schwartzman truly fell in love with film: “I was never one of those crazily ambitious kids,” he said to The Guardian in 2007. “You know the ones that dress up like little cowboys and have their headshots up in the barber's shops. I had no idea that acting was something I wanted to do till I was 16, and I saw Harold and Maude and Dog Day Afternoon." Since that point, Schwartzman has taken several opportunities to mix family with film.

He played director Felix De Marco in Roman's 2001 feature debut CQ, and in 2007 the cousins reteamed on The Darjeeling Limited, which they both co-wrote with Wes Anderson and Schwartzman starred in. Roman is a co-writer and Schwartzman a cast member on MOONRISE KINGDOM, and the pair will reunite as actor and director on Roman's forthcoming A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III. Schwartzman also acted for Sofia Coppola, playing King Louis XVI in her audacious revisionist biopic, Marie Antoinette. Jason Schwartzman | An Actor's Actor Jason Schwartzman's indelible performance as Rushmore's Max Fischer –– The Independent's Anthony Quinn wrote that he "perfectly captures the poignancy of a character who understands his failings but hasn't yet the emotional resources to conquer them" –– made him an instant star. He won that role because of the commitment he showed to understanding his character (impressing Anderson by making a Rushmore patch for his blazer), and has always put the work first, carefully choosing interesting or challenging roles rather than making the work all about the paycheck.

Post-Rushmore, the lead roles he took were in decidedly offbeat movies: he played methamphetamine addict Ross in the scuzzy indie drama Spun (2002) and then played Albert Markovski, the head of the “Open Spaces Coalition,” in David O. Russell's quirky existential comedy I Heart Huckabees (2004). The latter film had an all-star cast, and working with great actors –– whether in a main or a supporting role –– has been important to Schwartzman. He also surrounded himself with brilliant performers like Zach Galifianakis and Ted Danson (plus numerous famous guest stars) on the HBO comedy series Bored to Death, but he has excelled equally in more minor roles such as the creepy, vindictive nerd Ethan in Slackers, the awkward and immature graphic designer Jeremy in Shopgirl, TV star Mark Taylor Jackson in Judd Apatow's Funny People, or Gideon Gordon Graves, one of the “evil exes” in Edgar Wright's Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. “I do like the feeling of working,” he told Cinemablend , “and no movie is easy. Every day when I ride to set, I do always have that excitement.

...There is a feeling when I go to work of, ooh, what's going to happen today? There's always an element of surprise. It's an incredible line of work, because you never know who you're going to meet or what's going to happen.” Jason Schwartzman | The Music Man In describing how he discovered his passion for acting, Jason Schwartzman told the Guardian that watching great movies, “I got the same feeling that I got through music. ...Warm. And, you know, awesome." Because, even before film gripped him, music took a hold of Schwartzman, and it's something that he has continued to put significant energy into as a parallel pursuit to acting. As with film, one can see the roots of his musical talent in the Coppola family tree: his grandfather Carmine Coppola was a conductor and composer of classical music who won an Oscar for Best Original Score for his work on The Godfather Part II, while Schwartzman's brother Robert is the frontman of the contemporary rock band Rooney.

Until 2003, Schwartzman was the drummer for the group Phantom Planet, and he was a creative force on their first two albums, Phantom Planet is Missing (1998) and The Guest (2002), the latter being most famous for the track “California,” which became a hit after being used as the theme song on the TV show The O.C. He wrote the theme songs for the TV shows Cracking Up (the short-lived sitcom on which he was a series regular) and Bored to Death, and has also sung his own compositions in the films Slackers and Funny People. Since 2006, he has made music under the name Coconut Records, collaborating with both musicians like his brother Robert and Incubus' lead singer Brandon Boyd –– as well as other musically-inclined actors such as Zooey Deschanel and Kirsten Dunst –– on the albums Nighttiming (2007) and Davy (2009), released through his own label, Young Baby Records.

“The wonderful thing about Coconut Records is, because it happened almost by accident, I feel like there almost isn't a precedent for what the next [album is] supposed to be like,” Schwartzman explained in 2008. “On one record, I could play the instruments, on the next record I could have a whole band playing. Maybe I wouldn't sing at all – I'd have someone else sing. I just want it to be fluid.” Jason Schwartzman | A Familiar Face in the Anderson Kingdom The presence of Jason Schwartzman in the cast of Wes Anderson’s MOONRISE KINGDOM –– he plays the role of Cousin Ben –– could not make more sense. Schwartzman and Anderson have longstanding and meaningful ties to one another: Schwartzman made his acting debut, giving a remarkable performance in the lead role of Max Fischer, in Anderson’s Rushmore, the writer-director's 1998 breakthrough movie. (“I remember the very second of meeting him,” Anderson recalled in an interview with MTV. “We had spent a year trying to find someone to play this part. When he read, it was a slam-dunk.

We got the guy.”) Eight years on, Schwartzman acted in Anderson’s short Hotel Chevalier as Jack Whitman, and he reprised the role in the 2007 feature The Darjeeling Limited, which he also co-wrote with Anderson. In 2009, Schwartzman voiced Ash Fox in the animated Anderson film Fantastic Mr. Fox. And Schwartzman acted alongside his Rushmore foil and fellow Anderson regular, Bill Murray, on all of those projects except Hotel Chevalier. “Bill and Jason are always great to have around,” adds MOONRISE KINGDOM’s producer Jeremy Dawson. Jason Schwartzman | Part of the Coppola Clan Kirsten Dunst and Jason Schwartzman in Marie Antoinette It could be said that Jason Schwartzman was born into cinema. Though his last name doesn’t clue us in to his family ties, Schwartzman is a member of the mighty Coppola clan: his father was entertainment lawyer turned film producer Jack Schwartzman and his mother is actress Talia Shire, the sister of Oscar-winning writer-director Francis Ford Coppola.

As a result, Schwartzman grew up around film and discovered a passion for the medium that was shared not only by his parents and uncle but also by his cousins –– directors Roman Coppola, Sofia Coppola and Christopher Coppola, and actor Nicolas Cage –– and his half-brother, John Schwartzman, a cinematographer. Still, it was not until his mid-teens that Schwartzman truly fell in love with film: “I was never one of those crazily ambitious kids,” he said to The Guardian in 2007. “You know the ones that dress up like little cowboys and have their headshots up in the barber's shops. I had no idea that acting was something I wanted to do till I was 16, and I saw Harold and Maude and Dog Day Afternoon." Since that point, Schwartzman has taken several opportunities to mix family with film. He played director Felix De Marco in Roman's 2001 feature debut CQ, and in 2007 the cousins reteamed on The Darjeeling Limited, which they both co-wrote with Wes Anderson and Schwartzman starred in.

Roman is a co-writer and Schwartzman a cast member on MOONRISE KINGDOM, and the pair will reunite as actor and director on Roman's forthcoming A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III. Schwartzman also acted for Sofia Coppola, playing King Louis XVI in her audacious revisionist biopic, Marie Antoinette. Jason Schwartzman | An Actor's Actor Jason Schwartzman's indelible performance as Rushmore's Max Fischer –– The Independent's Anthony Quinn wrote that he "perfectly captures the poignancy of a character who understands his failings but hasn't yet the emotional resources to conquer them" –– made him an instant star. He won that role because of the commitment he showed to understanding his character (impressing Anderson by making a Rushmore patch for his blazer), and has always put the work first, carefully choosing interesting or challenging roles rather than making the work all about the paycheck. Post-Rushmore, the lead roles he took were in decidedly offbeat movies: he played methamphetamine addict Ross in the scuzzy indie drama Spun (2002) and then played Albert Markovski, the head of the “Open Spaces Coalition,” in David O.

Russell's quirky existential comedy I Heart Huckabees (2004). The latter film had an all-star cast, and working with great actors –– whether in a main or a supporting role –– has been important to Schwartzman. He also surrounded himself with brilliant performers like Zach Galifianakis and Ted Danson (plus numerous famous guest stars) on the HBO comedy series Bored to Death, but he has excelled equally in more minor roles such as the creepy, vindictive nerd Ethan in Slackers, the awkward and immature graphic designer Jeremy in Shopgirl, TV star Mark Taylor Jackson in Judd Apatow's Funny People, or Gideon Gordon Graves, one of the “evil exes” in Edgar Wright's Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. “I do like the feeling of working,” he told Cinemablend , “and no movie is easy. Every day when I ride to set, I do always have that excitement. ...There is a feeling when I go to work of, ooh, what's going to happen today? There's always an element of surprise.

It's an incredible line of work, because you never know who you're going to meet or what's going to happen.” Jason Schwartzman | The Music Man In describing how he discovered his passion for acting, Jason Schwartzman told the Guardian that watching great movies, “I got the same feeling that I got through music. ...Warm. And, you know, awesome." Because, even before film gripped him, music took a hold of Schwartzman, and it's something that he has continued to put significant energy into as a parallel pursuit to acting. As with film, one can see the roots of his musical talent in the Coppola family tree: his grandfather Carmine Coppola was a conductor and composer of classical music who won an Oscar for Best Original Score for his work on The Godfather Part II, while Schwartzman's brother Robert is the frontman of the contemporary rock band Rooney.

Until 2003, Schwartzman was the drummer for the group Phantom Planet, and he was a creative force on their first two albums, Phantom Planet is Missing (1998) and The Guest (2002), the latter being most famous for the track “California,” which became a hit after being used as the theme song on the TV show The O.C. He wrote the theme songs for the TV shows Cracking Up (the short-lived sitcom on which he was a series regular) and Bored to Death, and has also sung his own compositions in the films Slackers and Funny People. Since 2006, he has made music under the name Coconut Records, collaborating with both musicians like his brother Robert and Incubus' lead singer Brandon Boyd –– as well as other musically-inclined actors such as Zooey Deschanel and Kirsten Dunst –– on the albums Nighttiming (2007) and Davy (2009), released through his own label, Young Baby Records.

“The wonderful thing about Coconut Records is, because it happened almost by accident, I feel like there almost isn't a precedent for what the next [album is] supposed to be like,” Schwartzman explained in 2008. “On one record, I could play the instruments, on the next record I could have a whole band playing. Maybe I wouldn't sing at all – I'd have someone else sing. I just want it to be fluid.” « Jason Schwartzman | Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos | AllMovie twitter Biography by Stephanie M. Kuenn Relatives of famous people rarely have the chops to overcome nepotism cries, but Jason Schwartzman , nephew of Francis Ford Coppola , is one actor who does. Schwartzman was born June 26, 1980, to producer Jack Schwartzman and actress Talia Shire , the latter best known as Rocky Balboa's love interest Adrian. He graduated from the Windwood School in 1999 and continued to live with his mom and two brothers at their home in the Los Angeles area.

Chosen at the tail end of an exhausting casting search, Schwartzman burst into the film industry with his deft, hilarious portrayal of chronic overachiever Max Fischer in Wes Anderson 's critically acclaimed Rushmore (1998). Since then, the young actor kept a low profile, opting to spend time with his band Phantom Planet , which recorded an album for Epic Records. Keeping with his geek-chic nature, he also chose small, quirky roles in television, such as his guest appearance as a slimy fake-ID dealer on NBC's tragically short-lived series Freaks and Geeks or his work in spoofs for the 1999 MTV Movie Awards. He maintained his credibility in the independent scene during the next couple of years, appearing in Spun, and acting in his cousin Roman Coppola 's CQ . After a role on the short-lived, though critically acclaimed, Fox sitcom Cracking Up in 2003, Schwartzman began kicking his film career into high gear. After a role in the quirky 2004 David O. Russell ensemble comedy I Heart Huckabees , the young actor appeared in 2005's big-screen version of Bewitched with Will Ferrell.

He then played a lovable slacker in the intimate, critically acclaimed dramedy Shopgirl , appearing with Claire Danes and Steve Martin , who wrote the novella that the script was adapted from. In 2006, Schwartzman joined the cast of his cousin Sophia Coppola's biopic Marie Antoinette, playing French king Louis XVI opposite star Kirsten Dunst. Then in 2007, he re-teamed with Wes Anderson , starring in and co-writing The Darjeeling Limited, a film about three brothers taking a soul-searching train ride through India. The film got mixed reviews, but reception to it was positive overall, setting Schwartzman up nicely for his next film, The Marc Pease Experience, in which he played the title role of a former high-school musical star who's stuck living in the past. He voiced the role of Ash in Fantastic Mr. Fox in 2009 which turned out to be a busy year for him as he co-starred in Funny People, and became the star of the HBO comedy Bored to Death. He had a brief but memorable turn in Scott Pilgrim vs.

the World in 2010, and two years later he teamed up with Anderson yet again in Moonrise Kingdom. Movie Highlights Mother is actress Talia Shire; uncle is director Francis Ford Coppola; cousin is Nicolas Cage. Was vice president of the student council in high school. Is a drummer and songwriter. Formed the rock band Phantom Planet at age 14; the band's song "California" was chosen as the theme for The O.C. Film debut was in Wes Anderson's Rushmore (1998); worked with Anderson again on The Darjeeling Limited (2007) and Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009). Received a nomination for Most Promising Actor from the Chicago Film Critics Association for Rushmore. Formed the band Coconut Records in 2006. Played Louis XVI in the 2006 biopic Marie Antoinette, which was directed by his cousin Sofia Coppola. Is a vegetarian.

People In Film: Jason Schwartzman | Focus Features News & Views | Moonrise Kingdom | people in film People In Film | Jason Schwartzman Jason Schwartzman | A Familiar Face in the Anderson Kingdom The presence of Jason Schwartzman in the cast of Wes Anderson’s MOONRISE KINGDOM –– he plays the role of Cousin Ben –– could not make more sense. Schwartzman and Anderson have longstanding and meaningful ties to one another: Schwartzman made his acting debut, giving a remarkable performance in the lead role of Max Fischer, in Anderson’s Rushmore, the writer-director's 1998 breakthrough movie. (“I remember the very second of meeting him,” Anderson recalled in an interview with MTV. “We had spent a year trying to find someone to play this part. When he read, it was a slam-dunk. We got the guy.”) Eight years on, Schwartzman acted in Anderson’s short Hotel Chevalier as Jack Whitman, and he reprised the role in the 2007 feature The Darjeeling Limited, which he also co-wrote with Anderson. In 2009, Schwartzman voiced Ash Fox in the animated Anderson film Fantastic Mr. Fox.

And Schwartzman acted alongside his Rushmore foil and fellow Anderson regular, Bill Murray, on all of those projects except Hotel Chevalier. “Bill and Jason are always great to have around,” adds MOONRISE KINGDOM’s producer Jeremy Dawson. Jason Schwartzman | Part of the Coppola Clan Kirsten Dunst and Jason Schwartzman in Marie Antoinette It could be said that Jason Schwartzman was born into cinema. Though his last name doesn’t clue us in to his family ties, Schwartzman is a member of the mighty Coppola clan: his father was entertainment lawyer turned film producer Jack Schwartzman and his mother is actress Talia Shire, the sister of Oscar-winning writer-director Francis Ford Coppola. As a result, Schwartzman grew up around film and discovered a passion for the medium that was shared not only by his parents and uncle but also by his cousins –– directors Roman Coppola, Sofia Coppola and Christopher Coppola, and actor Nicolas Cage –– and his half-brother, John Schwartzman, a cinematographer.

Still, it was not until his mid-teens that Schwartzman truly fell in love with film: “I was never one of those crazily ambitious kids,” he said to The Guardian in 2007. “You know the ones that dress up like little cowboys and have their headshots up in the barber's shops. I had no idea that acting was something I wanted to do till I was 16, and I saw Harold and Maude and Dog Day Afternoon." Since that point, Schwartzman has taken several opportunities to mix family with film. He played director Felix De Marco in Roman's 2001 feature debut CQ, and in 2007 the cousins reteamed on The Darjeeling Limited, which they both co-wrote with Wes Anderson and Schwartzman starred in. Roman is a co-writer and Schwartzman a cast member on MOONRISE KINGDOM, and the pair will reunite as actor and director on Roman's forthcoming A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III. Schwartzman also acted for Sofia Coppola, playing King Louis XVI in her audacious revisionist biopic, Marie Antoinette.

Jason Schwartzman | An Actor's Actor Jason Schwartzman's indelible performance as Rushmore's Max Fischer –– The Independent's Anthony Quinn wrote that he "perfectly captures the poignancy of a character who understands his failings but hasn't yet the emotional resources to conquer them" –– made him an instant star. He won that role because of the commitment he showed to understanding his character (impressing Anderson by making a Rushmore patch for his blazer), and has always put the work first, carefully choosing interesting or challenging roles rather than making the work all about the paycheck. Post-Rushmore, the lead roles he took were in decidedly offbeat movies: he played methamphetamine addict Ross in the scuzzy indie drama Spun (2002) and then played Albert Markovski, the head of the “Open Spaces Coalition,” in David O. Russell's quirky existential comedy I Heart Huckabees (2004). The latter film had an all-star cast, and working with great actors –– whether in a main or a supporting role –– has been important to Schwartzman.

He also surrounded himself with brilliant performers like Zach Galifianakis and Ted Danson (plus numerous famous guest stars) on the HBO comedy series Bored to Death, but he has excelled equally in more minor roles such as the creepy, vindictive nerd Ethan in Slackers, the awkward and immature graphic designer Jeremy in Shopgirl, TV star Mark Taylor Jackson in Judd Apatow's Funny People, or Gideon Gordon Graves, one of the “evil exes” in Edgar Wright's Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. “I do like the feeling of working,” he told Cinemablend , “and no movie is easy. Every day when I ride to set, I do always have that excitement. ...There is a feeling when I go to work of, ooh, what's going to happen today? There's always an element of surprise. It's an incredible line of work, because you never know who you're going to meet or what's going to happen.” Jason Schwartzman | The Music Man In describing how he discovered his passion for acting, Jason Schwartzman told the Guardian that watching great movies, “I got the same feeling that I got through music. ...Warm.

And, you know, awesome." Because, even before film gripped him, music took a hold of Schwartzman, and it's something that he has continued to put significant energy into as a parallel pursuit to acting. As with film, one can see the roots of his musical talent in the Coppola family tree: his grandfather Carmine Coppola was a conductor and composer of classical music who won an Oscar for Best Original Score for his work on The Godfather Part II, while Schwartzman's brother Robert is the frontman of the contemporary rock band Rooney. Until 2003, Schwartzman was the drummer for the group Phantom Planet, and he was a creative force on their first two albums, Phantom Planet is Missing (1998) and The Guest (2002), the latter being most famous for the track “California,” which became a hit after being used as the theme song on the TV show The O.C. He wrote the theme songs for the TV shows Cracking Up (the short-lived sitcom on which he was a series regular) and Bored to Death, and has also sung his own compositions in the films Slackers and Funny People.

Since 2006, he has made music under the name Coconut Records, collaborating with both musicians like his brother Robert and Incubus' lead singer Brandon Boyd –– as well as other musically-inclined actors such as Zooey Deschanel and Kirsten Dunst –– on the albums Nighttiming (2007) and Davy (2009), released through his own label, Young Baby Records. “The wonderful thing about Coconut Records is, because it happened almost by accident, I feel like there almost isn't a precedent for what the next [album is] supposed to be like,” Schwartzman explained in 2008. “On one record, I could play the instruments, on the next record I could have a whole band playing. Maybe I wouldn't sing at all – I'd have someone else sing. I just want it to be fluid.” Jason Schwartzman | A Familiar Face in the Anderson Kingdom The presence of Jason Schwartzman in the cast of Wes Anderson’s MOONRISE KINGDOM –– he plays the role of Cousin Ben –– could not make more sense.

Schwartzman and Anderson have longstanding and meaningful ties to one another: Schwartzman made his acting debut, giving a remarkable performance in the lead role of Max Fischer, in Anderson’s Rushmore, the writer-director's 1998 breakthrough movie. (“I remember the very second of meeting him,” Anderson recalled in an interview with MTV. “We had spent a year trying to find someone to play this part. When he read, it was a slam-dunk. We got the guy.”) Eight years on, Schwartzman acted in Anderson’s short Hotel Chevalier as Jack Whitman, and he reprised the role in the 2007 feature The Darjeeling Limited, which he also co-wrote with Anderson. In 2009, Schwartzman voiced Ash Fox in the animated Anderson film Fantastic Mr. Fox. And Schwartzman acted alongside his Rushmore foil and fellow Anderson regular, Bill Murray, on all of those projects except Hotel Chevalier. “Bill and Jason are always great to have around,” adds MOONRISE KINGDOM’s producer Jeremy Dawson.

Jason Schwartzman | Part of the Coppola Clan Kirsten Dunst and Jason Schwartzman in Marie Antoinette It could be said that Jason Schwartzman was born into cinema. Though his last name doesn’t clue us in to his family ties, Schwartzman is a member of the mighty Coppola clan: his father was entertainment lawyer turned film producer Jack Schwartzman and his mother is actress Talia Shire, the sister of Oscar-winning writer-director Francis Ford Coppola. As a result, Schwartzman grew up around film and discovered a passion for the medium that was shared not only by his parents and uncle but also by his cousins –– directors Roman Coppola, Sofia Coppola and Christopher Coppola, and actor Nicolas Cage –– and his half-brother, John Schwartzman, a cinematographer. Still, it was not until his mid-teens that Schwartzman truly fell in love with film: “I was never one of those crazily ambitious kids,” he said to The Guardian in 2007. “You know the ones that dress up like little cowboys and have their headshots up in the barber's shops.

I had no idea that acting was something I wanted to do till I was 16, and I saw Harold and Maude and Dog Day Afternoon." Since that point, Schwartzman has taken several opportunities to mix family with film. He played director Felix De Marco in Roman's 2001 feature debut CQ, and in 2007 the cousins reteamed on The Darjeeling Limited, which they both co-wrote with Wes Anderson and Schwartzman starred in. Roman is a co-writer and Schwartzman a cast member on MOONRISE KINGDOM, and the pair will reunite as actor and director on Roman's forthcoming A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III. Schwartzman also acted for Sofia Coppola, playing King Louis XVI in her audacious revisionist biopic, Marie Antoinette. Jason Schwartzman | An Actor's Actor Jason Schwartzman's indelible performance as Rushmore's Max Fischer –– The Independent's Anthony Quinn wrote that he "perfectly captures the poignancy of a character who understands his failings but hasn't yet the emotional resources to conquer them" –– made him an instant star.

He won that role because of the commitment he showed to understanding his character (impressing Anderson by making a Rushmore patch for his blazer), and has always put the work first, carefully choosing interesting or challenging roles rather than making the work all about the paycheck. Post-Rushmore, the lead roles he took were in decidedly offbeat movies: he played methamphetamine addict Ross in the scuzzy indie drama Spun (2002) and then played Albert Markovski, the head of the “Open Spaces Coalition,” in David O. Russell's quirky existential comedy I Heart Huckabees (2004). The latter film had an all-star cast, and working with great actors –– whether in a main or a supporting role –– has been important to Schwartzman.

He also surrounded himself with brilliant performers like Zach Galifianakis and Ted Danson (plus numerous famous guest stars) on the HBO comedy series Bored to Death, but he has excelled equally in more minor roles such as the creepy, vindictive nerd Ethan in Slackers, the awkward and immature graphic designer Jeremy in Shopgirl, TV star Mark Taylor Jackson in Judd Apatow's Funny People, or Gideon Gordon Graves, one of the “evil exes” in Edgar Wright's Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. “I do like the feeling of working,” he told Cinemablend , “and no movie is easy. Every day when I ride to set, I do always have that excitement. ...There is a feeling when I go to work of, ooh, what's going to happen today? There's always an element of surprise. It's an incredible line of work, because you never know who you're going to meet or what's going to happen.” Jason Schwartzman | The Music Man In describing how he discovered his passion for acting, Jason Schwartzman told the Guardian that watching great movies, “I got the same feeling that I got through music. ...Warm.

And, you know, awesome." Because, even before film gripped him, music took a hold of Schwartzman, and it's something that he has continued to put significant energy into as a parallel pursuit to acting. As with film, one can see the roots of his musical talent in the Coppola family tree: his grandfather Carmine Coppola was a conductor and composer of classical music who won an Oscar for Best Original Score for his work on The Godfather Part II, while Schwartzman's brother Robert is the frontman of the contemporary rock band Rooney. Until 2003, Schwartzman was the drummer for the group Phantom Planet, and he was a creative force on their first two albums, Phantom Planet is Missing (1998) and The Guest (2002), the latter being most famous for the track “California,” which became a hit after being used as the theme song on the TV show The O.C. He wrote the theme songs for the TV shows Cracking Up (the short-lived sitcom on which he was a series regular) and Bored to Death, and has also sung his own compositions in the films Slackers and Funny People.

Since 2006, he has made music under the name Coconut Records, collaborating with both musicians like his brother Robert and Incubus' lead singer Brandon Boyd –– as well as other musically-inclined actors such as Zooey Deschanel and Kirsten Dunst –– on the albums Nighttiming (2007) and Davy (2009), released through his own label, Young Baby Records. “The wonderful thing about Coconut Records is, because it happened almost by accident, I feel like there almost isn't a precedent for what the next [album is] supposed to be like,” Schwartzman explained in 2008. “On one record, I could play the instruments, on the next record I could have a whole band playing. Maybe I wouldn't sing at all – I'd have someone else sing. I just want it to be fluid.” « Jason Schwartzman Celebrity Profile, News, Gossip & Photos - AskMen AskMen Messages You have no messages Notifications You have no notifications Jason Schwartzman Jason Schwartzman Jason Schwartzman is a renaissance man for the hipster set.

As a member of the Coppola family -- one of Hollywood's most storied dynasties -- Schwartzman has starred in several films that have helped define a generation. His roles in Rushmore, I Heart Huckabees, Shopgirl, Marie Antoinette, and The Darjeeling Limited -- which he co-wrote with best friend Wes Anderson -- have transformed him into an icon for the iPod generation. His shaggy hair and quirky combination of blazers and Chucks have landed him on many a best-dressed list, and his work as drummer in the band Phantom Planet as well as his solo project Coconut Records proves that there's almost nothing this man can't do. Appeal After being named one of GQ's most stylish men in America this past year, alongside the likes of Justin Timberlake and Kanye West , Jason Schwartzman's status as a modern-day sex symbol was truly solidified. Clothing aside, Jason Schwartzman's mastering of the neurotic, insecure, but also sincere and likeable love interests in films like Shopgirl, have made him an object of affection for girls who like their men eccentric.

His obvious skills as a musician, encyclopedic knowledge of cinema and sublime taste for the esoteric almost guarantee a first date that will start in a rock club and end in a former 19th century opium den discussing the oeuvre of Jean-Luc Godard. Success Jason Schwartzman claims that when he auditioned for Rushmore -- the Wes Anderson film that launched his career -- he didn't inform the casting director that his uncle was Francis Ford Coppola. But when he comes from a family that includes the Godfather director, cousins Nicolas Cage , Sofia Coppola, Roman Coppola, and mother Talia Shire, was there really any doubt that he'd get it? Since then, Schwartzman has carved out a unique career as an actor, playing an unlikely romantic lead as a well-intentioned slacker opposite Steve Martin and Claire Danes in Shopgirl, and later as King Louis XVI opposite Kirsten Dunst in the period piece Marie Antoinette directed by his cousin Sofia Coppola. After starring in the existential comedy I Heart Huckabees for controversial director David O.

Russell, Schwartzman -- eager to spread his creative wings -- began writing his first-ever screenplay with his best friend and the man responsible for his big break, Wes Anderson . That film turned out to be the exotic masterpiece The Darjeeling Limited, in which he also starred. Although lately he's chosen to focus on his musical solo project Coconut Records, Schwartzman's film career will pick up again when he re-teams with Anderson for the animated The Fantastic Mr. Fox, and this summer when he's seen opposite Seth Rogen and Adam Sandler in Funny People, directed by a man who goes by the name of Judd Apatow . Maybe you've heard of him? Jason Schwartzman Biography Jason Schwartzman has talent steeped in his blood. We can just picture his childhood now: running through the grape-lined fields of his uncle's --(one of the most influential filmmakers in the history of American cinema)-- vineyard, chasing after his two cousins Sofia and Roman -- (both highly regarded directors as well) -- while his brothers -- (one a successful cinematographer, the other, lead singer of the band Rooney) -- helped prepare dinner with their mother Talia Shire -- (acclaimed star of the Rocky and Godfather films).

OK, so maybe that's a bit overblown, but it's clear that Schwartzman -- whether he liked it or not -- was destined for a career in show business. Although his first love may have been music, which he pursued by founding the band Phantom Planet when his was just 14, he quickly turned to film after landing the lead as the precocious, obsessive young student Max Fischer opposite Bill Murray in Wes Anderson 's cult gem Rushmore. With a debut as affecting as that, it's no wonder he's still around. jason schwartzman the musician Many would argue that had Phantom Planet not featured Jason Schwartzman as their drummer, they would not have had the success that they did. In fact, it was their song "California" from their 2002 sophomore record The Guest that garnered the band's most attention. After the song was used in the opening credits of the hit television series The O.C., Phantom Planet had reached the peak of their fame. The band that Jason Schwartzman founded with his friends in 1994 put out another record to little acclaim. Jason then decided to part ways with the band in in order to focus on his blossoming acting career.

Ever the musician, Jason Schwartzman began a solo project called Coconut Records in 2006 and eventually released Nightiming, his debut album on his very own label, Young Baby Records. The intimate indie pop record featured guest appearances by former girlfriends Zooey Deschanel and Kirsten Dunst and borrowed elements from early Beach Boys, the Beatles and Schwartzman's good friends in Weezer. In January of this year, Schwartzman released the follow-up entitled Davy with contributions from Deschanel. When he's not recording cheeky love songs in his bedroom, Schwartzman plies his trade by scoring feature films. He's currently recording the score for Judd Apatow 's upcoming Funny People, a film in which he also stars. jason schwartzman and wes anderson After starring in Wes Anderson 's seminal, idiosyncratic love story Rushmore, the actor and director have gone on to form one of the most interesting creative partnerships in recent memory, as well as a solid friendship.

The self-proclaimed "best friends" reunited a whole decade after making Rushmore to make The Darjeeling Limited, a film that starred Schwartzman, Owen Wilson and Adrien Brody as brothers who embark on a spiritual journey across India in order to mend their broken relationship. Schwartzman co-wrote the film with Anderson and Schwartzman's cousin Roman Coppola . The trio also worked together on Hotel Chevalier, a short companion piece to Darjeeling that featured Schwartzman and Natalie Portman playing cryptic lovers in a hotel room. Next up, Schwartzman provides his voice in Anderson's highly anticipated stop-motion film, an adaptation of Roald Dahl's beloved children's book The Fantastic Mr. Fox, which also features George Clooney , Cate Blanchett , Bill Murray , and Anjelica Huston in what has to be one of the greatest voice casts ever assembled for an animated film. The two friends spend so much time together that they've even adopted similar modes of dress, with vintage, slim-fitting suits being something of a uniform for the dynamic duo. Show comments

Question: Which film director is the uncle of actor Jason Schwartzman?
Answer: FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA